New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-07
WHAT THE ANARCHISTS DID
FACTS FOR sENTIMENTALIsTs TO coS-
SIOER.
ann. ov,Is,os OF TAX SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS
srvv.e,zgp-THE MURDERS THE OUTCOME
oy A CONSPIRACY OF LARGy EXTENT

.,,, orIIsIOS OF TAR SUPREME COUNT VT '"
COMMUNICATIVE MURDERS THE oo''"""
OF CONSPIRACY or iAR"E "a
ANpLoN DuRATioN-irs Ph""-
RES STEP ny STEP
MI, eo,ts now making 90 secure from Governor
-, n cornut alton of the sentence OF 'ho Gun
srcd Anarchists make II Of public interest 10 row "
An some dciall. exactly What was proven "s~"'' ~"
- cach of them upon the trial Tue e'iueh0o "~
,,u, and exbaustiugly summed up In The deciNiop
81 tbe supreme Court of Illinois, WINCH ne'r o""','
norsly that no vital errors were 'onnr'eu ~ -"
,,lo,v The decision of the supreme court
,i,,,u NV Judge MaTuder. occupied 'mr'y-io"r 'o'
INNS I'm a Chicago newspaper III hhe print "i's
coupact summary can be given mere VI ''o n'o'' Jul
,,.,i an pciriS ,,
rue meeting al which the bomb was thrown eais"h
,s death of Policeman began and SIX others ana ~
,,slv woundlng sixty more was held May D. lec'
,nr tle excitement attending the attempt 70 lIhor'r
,he rule of eight hours Is = " rhhe lay, AM So
strike which grew ont Of this attempt ~ ""' wa
coded that the bomb killed Degan Pleces tahon w"
his body proved It, 1t was coheeueu on ,"0 o"S'
land that no one Of the defendants threw the ooo'
aho pro.ecuton held, however, that these men wcr
sr,v al conspiracy TO bring about "a socia rcVo'"
,on as they called IT, by force, on or about May o.
IN other words 10 destroy the police or m''ia on "
about that date with bombs and fovovers or rnce' "n
sornv accessories before the fact oil INC 'o" ~
90 Decan The supreme Court carefully examiner ''N
evdcnce as regards every one OF the men selai "s'
-, &, eacb case unanimously decided thai the jury "
the court below were justified in finding the ocIchoan
guiIty Spies, schwab Felden, Parsons fh'ho', ~"
90, and lingg we're condemned TO death, anu Ncepo "
imm lsonment FOR fifteen years
GREAT CONSPIRACY.
The evidence before the court showed 'ha' 'n0 WV
.n,r,c, for IN armed conflict with inc p''n N' y"
wide extent and long standing. The Nnarch's,s a'.
.,, ,,,nat,i,cr. have endeavored to create the W
IL fpfr u a.
some unknown person. growing out Oh ,',e,
gaiu.t the police for attempting 10 dispefso nc NJ
inc and Law stress tho fact that tho Joy
one strAcr-not sA, as The Ahai'hs'S 'Fe "a.
editors SAID in order TO inhamc the "o'N'"e 49, ~
,een Killed by the police. The evidence Oh '"o W"
pc" "'' '' ,,, tho pcrod at which the effort was
a., he made TO inforce the eight hour Tuc was uo""0'
ateIy chosen beforehand by the Anarchist com
rs the time to undertake the armed col'0' WI" Wv
rolicc I'm preparation for which they han o''" '' 80
1,ilnc IN violation OF law for many mo"'"S i"'''''
There existed in Chicago for two years OF no'0 uo
fore the Haymarkct assacrc d secret ois@"@"''"
lnovu A. the International Woringmens Association
Tho ,latfornl of this organization distinctly necia'r"
that to tho wordngmen, theie Is Only "io 'oS
force and announced IT, p"fI"Se as 'o'o''o'
The organization divided in'O SIN groups III "'"N
ert uaris Of Chicago. The members were Known uS
numbcrs and not by namc>-ior obvious reasons vi
tain numbers were armed with iiHeS ana "i''''u vs."
larry nucc a week al their parc- oil mcctllS 'A"'"-
their rifles home with them after dr'il lh'sc a'''
members Ncro known a. the armed secI"h -"
was another organization called the Lchr "'' W."
Ver,io whose members belonged also 10 INC ih'c'
national .rroup bot seemed to DC of higher F@"h @'
10 have tanned greater proficiency With tho r'c 'h@
the ordinary member, Of the Armed secu"hs 0oEo"
wears before the liaSmarhct massacre OF III l0''' ~
organization numbered LOO men, all Ahio" VII"
rifles and drilling regularly az ,hc Anarchist h,a'Wud'
,ers la the spring of i-sj there were In 'hcas'
of he's la Is,
of tir, condemned men most frequently mch''obou
having claim ON Governor O9esOy c1"o'"'' wv"
said that they wero web armed ""h rhc' am 10
waivers and would have dNI3mitc dad bombs "hen
they got ready to use theaL'
FOIL details concerning thee ORGANIZATIONS "''" ."
famed from members Tho Illinois sui reno Court dc
clarrd tha' they constituted all unlawful Conspiracy
Its purpose vas unlawful, being svOwedy 10 Ofln'
about a social reVoiuuOn' by violence Tho ut'c'
anccs Of their new papers and speakers show tha TINS
violence Vas consist OF the use Of bombs' feNoi'cs
and n,cs asans nc ponce anu militia Inc -cth"u'
were unlawful The aiming and drilling OF thcS'
group, wa, in violation OF law, and could Dot have ha
peaceful and proper object
Iiie wO"K uF IuE EGwsrAF@Rs.
The central authority of the organization hsi fs
hcaAlua,tes In the building occupied by the AFoo VF
zeit.na- and IN a room connected with tho oli'es
the PAPER. All the condemned men had snare VI ''o
management Of the PAPER Duins the years 1880 ana
1886 spies. schwab, IarScns, Ehsel and fie'ch' W
speeches and articles, persstcntiy urged inc "OfhhB
mon 10 prepare for the conflict Win tbo p'"Io'''
owning classes and rcpea' cdy advised the pu, hast
Of rifles and dynamite Many of the articles In ,ht
kris4,er Lci,ungo we're written by Schwab and epe>
the articles IN Tho Alarm another Anarchist paper
by Parsons and spies, and In Tho Anarchlsi' W
EngrL These articles arc, TO quO'e the iihhoS NJ"
pre,ne Court, Of the must vOieh and tDto"oir5
characfor7 The, not only recommend The WorhI'ghcn
To am themselves with dynamic aud nnes,' b"t
they give sproihc instructions how 10 handle snd ns'
dynamite and how TO mako bombs, and how to pro
cure wcapUns- There is spare here jor details
1t is sufficient say that these articles could not vol
b. surpassed for devlish maignity The speeches O.
tho Anarchists were In tho vein. schwab said
jD a speech q week before the H1ymafhet mecLng !.
"FOreVery nottingham whO has lied through the psto
VI a deputy sheriff, let ten Of tho cXecutiOncfs fall
Arm Yourselves. Spies SAID In speech SIN month";
bcorc The meeting: d AIT lei forget the most rel
bio argument of aI-the gun and dynamite Parsons
ia APRIL 1850 said The only way TO convince these
capitalists and robbers Is Ia the gun aud dynamic
Felden said Every one Of you must learn the use
Of ynate for that IS the power with which we hope
10 gain our rights Engei In speech advised every
Nottingham who " could 50 or "a to buy reV0lV
ers TO shoot every policeman down those Who e0'ila
not buy rcvOlvers should buy dynamite that II
very cheap and easily handled" lie gave them mi
mute directors how 10 make bombs The court held
that the JGry had tho right to consides such ueanecs